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Clinical Trial
. 1978 Nov;8(6):559-64.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1978.tb01509.x.

Appraisal of skin tests with food extracts for diagnosis of food hypersensitivity

S A Bock, W Y Lee, L Remigio, A Holst, C D May
Clinical Trial

Appraisal of skin tests with food extracts for diagnosis of food hypersensitivity

S A Bock et al. Clin Allergy. 1978 Nov.

Abstract

Seventy-six children aged 5 months to 15 years who exhibited a net weal of 3.0 mm or greater to a puncture skin test with one or more of fourteen foods were subjected to double-blind food challenge. Confirmed reactions to double-blind food challenge were found to occur only with peanut, milk, egg and soybean. Puncture skin tests with 1:20 w/v concentration of food extracts identified all subjects who exhibited an adverse reaction during the double-blind food challenge. Performance of intradermal skin tests did not identify any additional subjects who reacted clinically to double-blind food challenge.

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